Ryan Tubridy has gone on a brilliant rant against AI and ChatGPT
Love it or hate it, AI is, alas, here to stay, and the most popular of them is ChatGPT — a chatbot that people can put questions of varying degrees, ranging from homework help to marital advice.
And while some people prefer AI to, say, consulting a book or going to therapy, others believe that it could spell the downfall for humanity and critical thinking — with vocal critic Ryan going on a mad rant against it.
Ryan Tubridy has gone on a brilliant rant against AI and ChatGPT. Pic: Virgin Media Television
‘Are we all dead now?’ Ryan asked on the Bookshelf podcast. ‘Is it RIP humanity? “Oh hang on, I’m just going to check ChatGPT, see how our souls are doing.”‘
‘People have started to lose the ability to form a thought of their own,’ he continued — before recalling an alarming example where he spoke to friends of his who admitted that they would use ChatGPT before consulting their partners for advice.
‘I had conversations with people I won’t mention by name, but [had] really disturbing couple of pints on Sunday, where one if not two were saying that they would probably go to ChatGPT before their partner, because ChatGPT has now honed in on their emotional intelligence, and will give them “what they need.”‘
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Ryan, speaking to his podcast producers off camera, agreed with whatever facial expressions the producers were making, saying: ‘I know! It’s out of control. I don’t think I’ve used it. Is it an app?’
Ryan added that the direction things are going with people who are over-reliant on ChatGPT is alarming, adding that he’d ‘hate to be a schoolteacher — I think I’d even hate to be a student now. Do you ChatGPT your way through homework and everything? It must be the answer to everything,’ before lamenting on searching for answers the old-fashioned way.
‘It used to be Google it, but that’s changed now,’ Ryan said. ‘Because Google won’t give you [answers].’
‘People fall in love with ChatGPT now, have relationships with ChatGPT,’ an astonished Ryan added, before a producer informed him that Google has also begun using AI in its search.
‘They’re in cahoots now,’ Ryan joked. ‘Holy smoke.’
People agreed with Ryan’s anecdotes being terrifying, with one commenting: ‘God almighty that’s a scary idea. What are people asking that a search engine like Google or similar can’t answer?’
‘Speechless. And that doesn’t happen often. I agree wholeheartedly, Ryan. Terrifying,’ another added, while another wrote: ‘It’s quite chilling.’